The other game: The other national semifinal features No. 2 seed California against No. 5 seed Louisville at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN.

Notable: This is the first time in NCAA Tournament history the same two teams have met in the national semifinals three years in a row ... Notre Dame has beaten the Huskies in seven of their last eight meetings including each of the last two seasons in the national semifinals ... Notre Dame has won the last four games between the two teams with the Huskies' last victory coming in last year's Big East Tournament final ... Notre Dame has lost in each of the last two national championship games, last year to Baylor and the year before to Texas A&M ... Notre Dame has won one national championship, beating Purdue in 2001 after beating UConn in the national championship ... This is UConn's 14th appearance in the Final Four, including an NCAA-record six straight, while Notre is here for the fifth time overall and the third time in a row ... Notre Dame is currently on a 30-game winning streak, the longest in program history. The Irish haven't lost since Dec. 5 when they were beaten by Baylor, 73-61 ... UConn is 7-5 in NCAA Tournament play against No. 1 seeds, including 5-3 when the Huskies are also a No. 1 seed. The Huskies have won three of the last four games in which they were a No. 1 seed playing another top seed. The one loss was to Notre Dame in last year's national semifinals ... Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis continues to lead the country in 3-point shooting percentage, making 112 of 229 (48.9 percent) ... Stefanie Dolson is third in the nation in overall field goal percentage at 59.2 (206-for-348) ... The Huskies have five players averaging double-figure scoring in NCAA Tournament play in Dolson (10.3, 14 games), Morgan Tuck (10.8, 4 games), Bria Hartley (13.1, 14 games) and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (17.4, 9 games) and Breanna Stewart (17.3, 3 games) ... Mosqueda-Lewis is averaging 19.5 points per game in the four NCAA Tournament games this season, scoring at least 17 points in each game ... The Huskies are 71-9 all-time in NCAA Tournament play as a No. 1 seed but have only won the national championship two of the last six times they were a top seed ... The national semifinal round is by the far the most difficult of the tournament for the Huskies as they have a 7-6 record. They are 7-0 in national championship games once they get past this difficult round ... Breanna Stewart is averaging 17.2 points and 30.3 minutes of playing time in the first seven postseason games of her career. What's more, she's scored 52 points in her first three NCAA Tournament games. Only Maya Moore (66) scored more in her first three tournament games ... Mosqueda-Lewis needs just six 3-pointers to move past both Jennifer Rizzotti and Sue Bird into seventh place on the Huskies career list. She currently has 202 while Rizzotti and Bird have 207 each ... In career games against Notre Dame, Dolson is averaging 13.8 (11 games), Hartley 14.1 (11 games), Mosqueda-Lewis 14.3 (7 games) and Stewart 10.5 (3 games) ... Moriah Jefferson has scored in double figures in three of the last four games and four of her eight postseason games ... Dolson has 30 rebounds in her last three games ... Dame seniors Skylar Diggins and Kaila Turner have a 130-19 record in their four years at Notre Dame ... UConn senior Kelly Faris has a record of 141-11 during her four years while the Huskies have amassed a record of 180-11 during the careers of fifth-year seniors Caroline Doty and Heather Buck ... Since the start of the 1998-99 season, UConn has lost only seven games by 15 points or more, and three of those have been to Notre Dame. Two came during the 2000-01 season and one in 2003-04 ... Since the start of the 200-01 season, Notre Dame has more than twice the number of wins against UConn as the team with the second-most wins. The Irish have beaten UConn 11 times over those 13 seasons. The team with the second-most wins over the Huskies during that time is Rutgers with five while Tennessee is third with four wins. Stanford and North Carolina have both won three ... Muffet McGraw is the second-winningest coach all-time against Geno Auriemma with 11 wins. Only Vilanova's Harry Perretta has more with 14 ... UConn is the all-time leader in NCAA Tournament winning percentage at .840 (89-17) while Notre Dame is seventh at .695 (41-18). The Huskies have been in 25 straight tournaments while the Irish are in their 18th straight ... This is UConn's 14th appearance in the Final Four, including an NCAA-record six straight, while Notre is here for the fifth time overall and the third time in a row ... Notre Dame has scored at least 70 points in 20 of its last 23 NCAA Tournament games. At the same time, UConn has hit the 70-point mark in 23 of its last 27 tournament games ... Notre Dame ranked third in the nation in free throw percentage at .797. The Irish average 22 free throw attempts and 18 makes per game. Their edge at the charity stripe is clearly demonstrated by the fact that the Irish have MADE 31 percent more free throws than opponents have ATTEMPTED this season. Notre Dame is 644-for-808 from the line while opponents are 353-for-490 ... The Huskies are 422-for-555 from the line while opponents have gone 301-for-446 ... Diggins is Notre Dame's all-time leader in scoring (2,347) and steals (377) while ranking second in assists (737). She is the first Notre Dame player to get at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds (554) and 500 assists in a career ... Natalie Achonwa has a school record 19 double-doubles this season. UConn has had 16 as a team, led by Stefanie Dolson and Breanna Stewart with four each ... The Irish are 12-1 against ranked opponents this season including 6-1 against the Top 10 with the one loss coming against Baylor, 73-61 ... UConn is 10-4 against ranked teams, losing only to the top two ranked teams in the country, Notre Dame (three times) and Baylor ... This is the 18th time both teams have been ranked in the Top 10 when they have played each other. Notre Dame has won 10 of the previous 17. This is also the 13th time both teams have been ranked in the Top 5 with the Irish holding an 8-4 edge in the first 12.

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